Quotes from Robert Leighton

We lie to God in prayer if we do not rely on him afterwards.

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.

Good words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams, without any noise, will make the traveler cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him.

You seemed all brown and soft, just like a linnet, Your errant hair had shadowed sunbeams in it, And there shone all April In your eyes.

The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days

No woman or child was ever to be molested or carried away as captive, and all the spoil or plunder of war was to be equally divided.

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.